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FOA Sites Attacked by Bad Guys
If you tried to reach one of the FOA or EAD sites this week, and got some funny looking code on your screen, it is because of a security problem with our hosting service. The problem allowed outsiders to replace the site address in the database with an outside address which tried to load bad…
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Another Teche Cleanup Scheduled!
Blake Couvillion and the Cajuns for Bayou Teche/TECHE Project are looking for volunteers to participate in a clean-up of the Bayou Tech between the Cecilia Bridge and Poche Bridge on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Trash Bags and trash pickers are provided, volunteers with motor boars are needed and kayaks and canoes are also welcomed. Gumbo…
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Iberville Welcome Center Opening
The Parish of Iberville has issued the following notice: Please join Parish President J. Mitchell Ourso, Jr. and the Iberville Parish Council for the Grand Opening of the Iberville Parish Visitors Center 17525 Highway 77 Grosse Tete, LA 70740 Friday, March 19, 2010 at Noon Light lunch to be served Please RSVP to the Iberville…
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Below the Surface in the Atchafalaya
Karen Westphal sends this picture of the stalwart adventurers from “Below the Surface”, a California group studying water quality issues around the country, who (along with Melanie Driscoll and Karen) braved snow and some downright cold and wet weather to canoe down the Atchafalaya River this month. How ya’ll like that flat pirogue? Click the…
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FOA Offers LWF 2010 Resolutions
The Friends of the Atchafalaya Board has submitted two resolutions for consideration at the 2010 Louisiana Wildlife Federation Annual Convention to be held this weekend near Many, LA, on Toledo Bend. You can click on the highlighted words to download copies of the resolutions and letters of support prepared by the FOA. The first resolution…
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Developments in the Heritage Area
With rumors of possible changes in the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area and the National Park Service push ahead with the development of a management plan for the young Heritage Area. A workshop was held on February 3 and was followed by an open house on February 4 at…
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BSA Centennial Event
The Evangeline Council of the Boy Scouts celebrated 100 years of Scouting in America and kicked off a year-long project in the Atchafalaya Basin on Saturday, February 20, 2010, at the Atchafalaya Welcome Center. More than 1,000 Scouts, leaders, and family members attended the day-long event. Activities included tree planting, a rock wall, nature tours…
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The Annual Plan and the Future
Three meetings related to the Atchafalaya Basin Program were held in late January and early February 2010. On January 26, the Basin Program Technical Advisory Group met and picked up where they left off last year, evaluating projects and looking toward the future of the Basin. St. Mary Parish gave a presentation on a project…
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Basin Board Forwards Plan
The Atchafalaya Basin Program Public Hearings on the 2011 Annual Plan are complete. Check the message on this site for a summary. The Draft 2011 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan is now posted on the DNR web site. The Research and Promotion Board approved the Plan with minor changes and will present it to the…
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NPR meets Henderson
In case you missed it, National Public Radio‘s Weekend Edition Sunday on November 29 had a story about our own Helen Boudreaux, along with Rheta Grimsley Johnson’s book “Poor Man’s Provence”. Helen is a local cajun music performer that many of you may remember from many Atchafalaya Basin Program gatherings in the early 2000’s. Rheta…